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1. Gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby
   - babble, lallation

1. Utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way
   "The old man is only babbling--don't pay attention"
    
2. To talk foolishly
   "The two women babbled and crooned at the baby"
   - blather, smatter, blether [UK, dialect], blither
    
3. Flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
   "babbling brooks"
   - ripple, guggle, burble, bubble, gurgle
    
4. Divulge confidential information or secrets
   - spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, sing, babble out, blab out

Derived forms: babblings

See also: babbler

Type of: blab, blabber, break, bring out, chatter, clack, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, gabble, gibber, gibberish, give away, go, let on, let out, maunder, mouth, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, rabbit [Brit], reveal, sound, speak, talk, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle, unwrap, utter, verbalise [Brit], verbalize, witter [Brit], yabber [Brit]

Encyclopedia: Babble